Telomerase Immortalization of Human Corneal Endothelial Cells Yields Functional Hexagonal Monolayers

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Schmedt, Thore ^a   Chen, Yuming ^a   Nguyen, Tracy T ^b   Li, Shimin ^b   Bonanno, Joseph A ^b   Jurkunas, Ula V ^a  

^a SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN D; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 4; PROTEIN P53; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL AGING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SHAPE; CYCLIN D; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE 4; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; HUMANS; ION PUMPS; ION TRANSPORT; TELOMERASE; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 84871351429     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051427     Document Type: Article

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